Boonville Drinking or consumption in public ordinance (§ 14-90)

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to drink or encourage another to drink intoxicating liquor, malt liquor or nonintoxicating beer, or to consume marijuana, including medical marijuana, or encourage another to consume marijuana, upon any public street, sidewalk, alley or public thoroughfare, or on or in any public building, establishment, business or parking lot generally open to the public, except when permitted by the property owner. For purposes of this section, it shall be considered evidence of drinking for a person to have in his possession an open bottle, can or other open container of intoxicating liquor, malt liquor or nonintoxicating beer, or for consumption for a person to have in his possession marijuana in an unsealed container, marijuana outside of the original packaging, or any paraphernalia with traceable amounts of marijuana.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to open any container or any original package containing intoxicating liquor, malt liquor, nonintoxicating beer or marijuana upon any public street, sidewalk, alley or public thoroughfare, or on or in any public building, establishment, business or parking lot generally open to the public, except when permitted by the property owner.

(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to transport an open container of intoxicating liquor, malt liquor, nonintoxicating beer or marijuana in any automobile, truck or other vehicle as defined by the laws of the state, upon any public street, alley or public throughfare; and for purposes of this section it shall be considered evidence of this offense against a person if an open container of intoxicating liquor, malt liquor, nonintoxicating beer or marijuana is found within such vehicle which that person has under his control, or in which that person is a passenger.

(d) This section shall not apply to the use of recreational marijuana or the consumption of any intoxicating liquor, malt liquor or nonintoxicating beer opened and consumed inside an establishment licensed to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink, when permitted by the property owner, or as allowed under sections 15-9 or 15-10 of this Code.